Stross circuit, Gschaid/Weiz

Name: Stross circuit, Gschaid/Weiz
Brand: Steiermark
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The short loop up to the Stross and then back to Gschaid is a nice hike between Weiz and the Sattelberge mountains in Eastern Styria.

The Stross, 1,033 meters high, is a rather inconspicuous cone a few kilometers outside of Weiz. Its striking location between the plain of the Raab valley, the mountains to the north of Weiz and the Schöckel to the south makes it a beautiful panoramic mountain, even if the summit cross is in the middle of the forest.

The somewhat steeper ascent up to the summit leads through a beautiful mixed forest, after a rest at the nicely designed summit cross, the trail descends comfortably to the Hochwarter Kreuz. The rest of the route leads around the mountain back to Gschaid, but now with great views of the Weiz and Graz mountains and back to Weiz.

Via the "Gschaid" district, the Stross loop can be easily combined with the various tours along the Sattelberge and to the Gösserwand to form a proper hike:

Gösser & Sattelberge

Naas cave trail

The trail is easy to walk, the ascent to the summit is not too long.

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

5,4 km

Route

2:00 h

Time

215 hm

Uphill

215 hm

Downhill

1033 m

Highest point

831 m

Lowest point

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More information

The somewhat hidden district of Gschaid belongs to the municipality of Naas, which lies between Weiz and the Weizklamm gorge.

Go to Google Maps to calculate the journey.

The trail is only marked with "trail no. 4" up to the summit cross, please use the outdooractive app, the route description or a hiking map.

Please check the opening hours of the restaurants BEFORE the hike!

Start: Access at the Strosserweg, Gschaid bei Weiz

We start at the "Strosser/Weg-Nr. 4" markings and head left up into the forest.
We cross the farm track and continue up to the left.
At the next farm track, we keep left and continue along the farm track.
Immediately after the bend to the right, we turn left back onto the hiking trail.
At the summit cross in the forest, there are not only benches to rest on, but also a summit book.
We continue straight ahead as we are already descending. From now on there are no more markings.
We cross the farm track and continue straight ahead, by now we already have beautiful views.
At the next farm track, we take a few steps to the left and then have our first view to the north.
We immediately turn right downhill onto the hiking trail.
At the fork in the path in the forest, we turn right and then immediately turn left downhill again.
Once we reach the farm track, we continue down it to the left.
At the next junction with a farm track, we continue straight ahead - and steeply downhill.
After this steep section, we are now back out in the open and have a fantastic view to the south-east.
Continue along the fence to the left, downhill to the fork in the path at the Hochwarter cross.
There we take a sharp left and continue along the farm track. From now on, the view is to the north, we can see the Kulm, the town of Weiz with Raas and Zetz and even the Patscha.
At the next two forks in the path, we continue straight ahead.
We now come to an asphalt path and walk along it until we reach a farmstead. In front of us we see the Patscha with the Patscha nose, behind it the Sommeralm area.
Immediately at the farmstead, we turn sharp left and continue along the meadow path. On the right we can now see the Wolfsattel with the quarry.
We now reach the road and continue uphill on the left until we reach the village of "Gschaid".
At the bus/SAM stop we turn left downhill and continue in the direction of "Dürntal/Passail", on the right we see the Sattelberge and behind it the Schöckl with the transmitter.
After about 500 meters we reach our starting point again.